The Worst Thing About Last Summer's Riots? The Food.

Remember the looting in London last summer? Well, the riot police involved are issuing some pretty negative feedback about the whole affair. Specifically, they have in mind the refreshments, which were apparently ghastly. It seems that after a long day spent fending off stringy-haired youths desperate for flat-screen televisions, England's finest sat down to tuna, chicken, and egg-salad sandwiches that had been sitting in the back of a hot van all day. Not to mention the batons snapping in half, shields crumpling under bricks, transport vehicles breaking down, and officers working 31 days straight without a day off. But really, egg-salad sandwiches? In August? You might as well dunk a piece of bread in listeria. According to a report, at least 69 officers were hospitalized with food poisoning, while thousands of others were simply nauseated by the idea of warm tuna fish. [via Bon Appetit]

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